The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport plans to create a new freeway in Gauteng – the first in over 40 years.
The construction of the PWV15 will assist in reducing congestion in the province and serve as a catalyst for the development of the Aerotropolis in Ekurhuleni,” said Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, in his 2017/2018 Budget Vote Speech in the Gauteng legislature yesterday (Thursday).
For the financial year 2017/18, the Department has allocated an amount of R1.9 billion towards transport infrastructure, with Vadi emphasising that the Department has no plans introduce tolling on its routes.
“We will mobilise resources for road infrastructure in ways that will avoid the controversy linked to the e-tolls. There will be no e-tolls on our newly constructed freeways," he said.
The provincial department has recently completed twelve major road rehabilitation projects that include the N12 (towards Potchefstroom in the North West); the R82 (Eikenhof to Walkerville) and the N14 (Krugersdorp to Diepsloot). Roadworks on the second phase of the N14 (Diepsloot to Brakfontein) are currently under way.
Vadi said that future plans for the department included partnering with private developers to develop the road networks linked to the Vaal River City Interchange (future K55); the GreenGate Development (K31) along Beyers Naude Drive; upgrading K73 between Woodmead Drive and Allandale Road; and construction of a new link between Woodmead Drive (R55), Tembisa and Fourways.
Furthermore, he said, the Tambo-Springs Freight and Logistics Hub would be launched in 2018.
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport plans to create a new freeway in Gauteng – the first in over 40 years.
“The construction of the PWV15 will assist in reducing congestion in the province and serve as a catalyst for the development of the Aerotropolis in Ekurhuleni,” said Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, in his 2017/2018 Budget Vote Speech in the Gauteng legislature yesterday (Thursday).
For the financial year 2017/18, the Department has allocated an amount of R1.9 billion towards transport infrastructure, with Vadi emphasising that the Department has no plans introduce tolling on its routes.
“We will mobilise resources for road infrastructure in ways that will avoid the controversy linked to the e-tolls. There will be no e-tolls on our newly constructed freeways," he said.
The provincial department has recently completed twelve major road rehabilitation projects that include the N12 (towards Potchefstroom in the North West); the R82 (Eikenhof to Walkerville) and the N14 (Krugersdorp to Diepsloot). Roadworks on the second phase of the N14 (Diepsloot to Brakfontein) are currently under way.
Vadi said that future plans for the department included partnering with private developers to develop the road networks linked to the Vaal River City Interchange (future K55); the GreenGate Development (K31) along Beyers Naude Drive; upgrading K73 between Woodmead Drive and Allandale Road; and construction of a new link between Woodmead Drive (R55), Tembisa and Fourways.
Furthermore, he said, the Tambo-Springs Freight and Logistics Hub would be launched in 2018.
